How rare is the name Belen?

13,397 people in the United States have the first name Belen, about 1 in 22,545. It ranks #2,038 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

BELEN

#2,038

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
13,397
About
1 in 22,545
This common or more
78.2%
Who bears it

Of the 13,397 people named Belen, 86.9% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 7.8% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 3.3% as White. 98.2% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Belen peaked in 2024, when 431 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19092025
Peak year
2024
Births that year
431
In 2025*
345 ▼20%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 12,366 babies have been given the name since 1909. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Belen by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,491. The largest share of babies named Belen, 35.5%, were born in 2013 or later.

1900s#4,5168
1910s#3,954108
1920s#2,842272
1930s#2,825232
1940s#3,194221
1950s#3,205296
1960s#3,330326
1970s#3,013491
1980s#2,387857
1990s#2,0631,506
2000s#1,6122,797
2010s#1,6293,113
2020s#1,4912,139
Greatest Generation 1901–272.6%
Silent Generation 1928–453.3%
Baby boom 1946–644.7%
Generation X 1965–805.7%
Millennials 1981–9614.2%
Generation Z 1997–1234%
2013 and later35.5%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Belen is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Belen has been most common in California (4.3×), Arizona (3.9×), and Texas (3×), and least common in Ohio (0.06×).

10,036 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Belen

#2,036 Ronan · 13,407#2,037 Thea · 13,402#2,039 Linh · 13,392#2,040 Rusty · 13,378

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Belen, most common first.

#10,437 Belem · 1,279#42,918 Belin · 166#49,963 Bellen · 122

Also a last name

As a last name, Belen ranks #15,541 of 156,621, with 1,812 people. See Belen as a last name

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